Melting faces since 2007

Baltimore Rock Opera Society (BROS) is the next evolutionary leap in Baltimore’s musical theatre scene–a highly energetic troupe of actors, writers, musicians, and artists founded in 2007 with the sole mission of producing original, live rock operas in Baltimore. Driven by a vision to unite the talent and energy of amateur and professional artists in the area in pursuit of producing an art form unlike any other available in Baltimore or beyond, BROS has embarked upon a mission of epic proportions.

Essentially plays interspersed with rock songs, Baltimore Rock Opera Society performances maximize production value within a “do-it-yourself” budget. Homemade set pieces and costumes create an awe-inspiring visual context in which actors and musicians tell the story. Each song in a BROS rock opera drives the plot while drawing viewers in through interaction with performers. BROS invites artists, musicians, designers, and technicians from all backgrounds to add their talent to productions, making the highly involved and face-melting qualities of these rock operas possible.

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Founding Bros

  • Aran Keating

    Executive Visionary Commando

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    Aran emerged from the head of Pirate King Atomsk, who was in Martello Tower, invoking Chrysostomos of Smyrna, when his 7th chakra spontaneously activated and Aran was born.  AK uses the power of his magical gazellynx in such projects as hip-hop duo AK Slaughter,  Motown band The Motorettes, and in running a DJ business.   His work with BROS as writer, director, collaborator is the most difficult and satisfying job known to man.

  • Dylan Koehler

    Grand Viceroy of Harmonious Operations

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    Dylan Koehler faithfully serves BROS as Grand Viceroy of Harmonious Operations, a title he scarcely could have dreamed of as a young orphan growing up in the streets of Shanghai. From the tender age of three, he was forced to perform impossibly virtuosic guitar solos for the wealthy patrons of the city’s largest and most notorious opium den, and was beaten when he made mistakes.After finally escaping and making his way to Baltimore as a stowaway on a fright ship, Dylan was discovered by BROS and asked to lend his talents to their premiere production, Gründlehämmer. He has been involved with BROS ever since, his main project being the creation of a serum of eternal youth that will allow all BROS leadership to forge a might empire of rock righteousness for the next 7,000 years.

  • John DeCampos

    Archduke of Shredliness and Epicosity

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    John DeCampos is the Archduke of Shredliness and Epicosity of BROS. Born whilst his mother was possessed by Amducias, the demon of music he shot out of the womb killing one of the nurses on impact but also satiating Amducias’ blood thirst and freeing his mother of the demon lords power. The dark forces that brought John into this world serve him well in his eternal mission to melt peoples’ faces off in such bands as Entertainment System, The Motorettes, The Survivors of Camp Crystal Lake and others. BROS has entered in a blood pact with John where he serves in ways of artwork, music, script development and monster hunting. Smiter of the undead, brutal guitar demigod, bringer of doom, this is the archduke.

  • Jared Margulies

    Don and Pro-Vice Chancellor of Rockoperology

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    Jared Margulies is the BROS Don and Pro-Vice Chancellor of rockoperology, where he lectures on this rigorous pseudoscience which seeks to answer fundamental and metaphysical quandaries through the lens of critical rock opera analysis, having coined the term rockoperology himself in his 1977 monograph entitled “L’Opéra de Roche comme un instrument analytique pour l’analyse de systèmes phénoménologique.”  He fondly recalls the genesis of BROS in a muraled salon where men drank beer in steins and women ashed long cigarettes into Chinese urns while swooning over talk of honing shredding skills until fingers bled and ears ached.  When not writing new treatises on rock opera, Jared can most often be found forging new BROS scripts in the foundries of the Hall of the Dragon King, where he feels most inspired.

  • Eli Breitburg-Smith

    Admiral Brewer at Arms

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    Eli Breitburg-Smith is the Admiral Brewer at Arms of BROS. His lethal brews have been known to reek havoc on the space-time continuum, completely altering history and utterly destroying any chance of a logical future. He once traveled back in time and challenged Atila the Hun to a drinking contest, only to awake realizing he had fathered half of the modern world. After helping to write and produce Gründlehämmer, Eli became a brewer at the Great Basin Brewing Co. in Reno, NV, but will soon be returning to Baltimore to ensure the BROS have the necessary fuel to continue producing epic rock theatre.